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词汇 French horn
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Definition of French horn in English:

French horn

noun
  • A brass instrument with a coiled tube, valves, and a wide bell, developed from the simple hunting horn in the 17th century. It is played with the right hand in the bell to soften the tone and increase the range of available harmonics.

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    Example sentencesExamples
    • He has used instruments as varied as the oboe, French horn, mandolin and saxophone in his arrangements.
    • However, the French horn that is used today was completed in France.
    • Some orchestras these days perform Handel with French horns, clarinets and other things that Handel never planned for in the original score.
    • Symphonic instruments like flutes, French horns, violins, clarinets and trombones would be first choice, Wapenaar says, but any musical instrument is welcome.
    • My teacher also encouraged me to take up a second instrument, the French horn.
    • Sadly, one night, some vandals broke into a locked storeroom and dented a French horn and broke the mouthpiece off an antique bassoon.
    • Webern takes advantage of color ambiguities between instruments - the fact that a trumpet in certain cases can sound like a French horn or an oboe, for example.
    • At his disposal were 100 musicians, mostly drawn from the Seattle Symphony, including the usual strings but also four harps, an equal number of trumpets and trombones, six tubas and eight French horns.
    • The pleasure and challenge the music presented me all those years ago, has been revived for me, even though I'm on the business end of a baton and not the French horn.
    • The trumpets were next to the flutes, and the French horns behind the cellos.
    • Adding some of the mellow power of the French horn to it would be a clear gain.
    • Also, sometimes when I'm listening, I get confused between clarinets and bassoons, and between French horns and trombones, so it's good to see the live performance.
    • The 17-year-old from York started playing the piano when he was five and the French horn when he was eight.
    • But they stipulated that there were to be no drums or even electronic simulations of drums, and no trumpets, although French horns, soprano saxes and electric violins were perfectly okay.
    • She had minimal skills on the oboe, French horn, guitar, viola, mandolin, and penny whistle.
    • Dad played the saxophone, clarinet, trumpet or cornet, and the French horn.
    • There's much to commend - the composers merit a wider audience; it's hard to imagine better performances; and we hear concertos for French horn, oboe and bassoon rather than overworked violins or pianos.
    • The Opera Ensemble, arranged and conducted by Byron Olson, is comprised of a variety of woodwinds, a French horn, voice, accordion, bass, and drums.
    • Eleven year old Robert Magowan of St Joseph's, who plays the French horn, has been nominated by the Southern Board's Music Department's staff for the Anita Curry Cup.
    • I want to show you my French horn and my band locker!

Definition of French horn in US English:

French horn

nounˈˌfrenCH ˈhôrnˈˌfrɛntʃ ˈhɔrn
  • A brass instrument with a coiled tube, valves, and a wide bell, developed from the simple hunting horn in the 17th century. It is played with the right hand in the bell to soften the tone and increase the range of available harmonics.

    圆号,法国号

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The 17-year-old from York started playing the piano when he was five and the French horn when he was eight.
    • My teacher also encouraged me to take up a second instrument, the French horn.
    • Adding some of the mellow power of the French horn to it would be a clear gain.
    • He has used instruments as varied as the oboe, French horn, mandolin and saxophone in his arrangements.
    • Eleven year old Robert Magowan of St Joseph's, who plays the French horn, has been nominated by the Southern Board's Music Department's staff for the Anita Curry Cup.
    • The Opera Ensemble, arranged and conducted by Byron Olson, is comprised of a variety of woodwinds, a French horn, voice, accordion, bass, and drums.
    • Some orchestras these days perform Handel with French horns, clarinets and other things that Handel never planned for in the original score.
    • But they stipulated that there were to be no drums or even electronic simulations of drums, and no trumpets, although French horns, soprano saxes and electric violins were perfectly okay.
    • She had minimal skills on the oboe, French horn, guitar, viola, mandolin, and penny whistle.
    • Symphonic instruments like flutes, French horns, violins, clarinets and trombones would be first choice, Wapenaar says, but any musical instrument is welcome.
    • The trumpets were next to the flutes, and the French horns behind the cellos.
    • Sadly, one night, some vandals broke into a locked storeroom and dented a French horn and broke the mouthpiece off an antique bassoon.
    • Also, sometimes when I'm listening, I get confused between clarinets and bassoons, and between French horns and trombones, so it's good to see the live performance.
    • Dad played the saxophone, clarinet, trumpet or cornet, and the French horn.
    • At his disposal were 100 musicians, mostly drawn from the Seattle Symphony, including the usual strings but also four harps, an equal number of trumpets and trombones, six tubas and eight French horns.
    • Webern takes advantage of color ambiguities between instruments - the fact that a trumpet in certain cases can sound like a French horn or an oboe, for example.
    • I want to show you my French horn and my band locker!
    • There's much to commend - the composers merit a wider audience; it's hard to imagine better performances; and we hear concertos for French horn, oboe and bassoon rather than overworked violins or pianos.
    • The pleasure and challenge the music presented me all those years ago, has been revived for me, even though I'm on the business end of a baton and not the French horn.
    • However, the French horn that is used today was completed in France.
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